Four killed with dozens injured after a huge explosion at a Paris bakery (Photos)

Four killed with dozens injured after a huge explosion at a Paris bakery (Photos)

Four individuals have been killed together with two firefighters after a huge explosion occurred at a Paris bakery this morning.

The firefighters had been stated to be investigating a suspected gasoline leak when the explosion occurred, shattering home windows and destroying close by vehicles on the nook of the streets Saint-Cecile and Rue de Trevise.

In complete, 36 individuals had been injured within the blast which occurred within the metropolis’s ninth arrondissement at 9am native time.

Authorities in Paris confirmed a number of individuals had been injured whereas two firefighters and two civilians died

Confirming the deaths, France’s Inside Minister Christophe Castaner stated: ‘At 8.37 within the morning, the emergency companies went to six Rue Trevise to research a gasoline leak.

‘Once they had been there, a large explosion occurred. One of many firefighters remained underneath the rubble for 2 and half hours.

‘There are different very critical casualties. The realm has been secured because the fires are put out.’ Mr Castaner stated a ‘pocket of gasoline’ had constructed up within the constructing.